About to pm arsin a shipping quote for the ethernet switch. Still looking for a Delta fans box though.
I wonder what anyone would think about setting more specific values for ethernet switches? The one I have is a 24 port switch that's unmanned and I feel it's worth a bit more (probably bout 0.5 more) than a single credit. Manned switches and 16-port/8-port/etc. switches would be worth less. Larger switches would obviously be worth more. I'm considering the re-value as I have been thinking about how ethernet switches can be very, very useful, gigabit or not. Folding farms would be a great place to use one. I'm discussing the value with arsin at the moment also.Edited by xd_1771 - 9/13/11 at 8:33pm

A router is basically this.
a DHCP server, NAT, Switch and routing tables all in one.

A switch is basically what allows multiple computers to connect and form a "network"

If you use just a switch for your home network you would need to setup either a DHCP server in your network, or assign static IP addresses to all of the computers, it also won't separate your internal network from the external internet. So a switch is best used because if hooked to a router it will merely expand the number of computers that can be hardwired to your network.